Wallace Shawn

When I was first exposed to the films of Ingmar Bergman, I found them frank and disturbing portraits of the world we live in, but that was not something that displeased me. They were beautiful. I thought people would respond to my plays the way I responded to Bergman's films.

American Actor

Marquis de Lafayette

I had displeased the jacobins by blaming their aristocratic usurpation of legitimate powers; the priests of all sorts by claiming religious liberty; the anarchists by repressing them; and the conspirators by rejecting their offers.

French Revolutionary

Joko Beck

We tend to run our whole life trying to avoid all that hurts or displeases us, noticing the objects, people, or situations that we think will give us pain or pleasure, avoiding one and pursuing the other.

American Educator

William J. H. Boetcker

That you may retain your self-respect, it is better to displease the people by doing what you know is right, than to temporarily please them by doing what you know is wrong.

American Clergyman

Philippe Petit

My parents were intelligent and encouraging, but at the same time, they were displeased at me becoming a wandering troubadour and wire walker.

French Celebrity

Hansika Motwani

My parents have put in a lot of efforts for me. Whatever I am and wherever I am is because of them. I won't do anything to displease them.

Indian Actress

Michelangelo

If we have been pleased with life, we should not be displeased with death, since it comes from the hand of the same master.

Italian Artist

George Whitefield

It is a poor sermon that gives no offense; that neither makes the hearer displeased with himself nor with the preacher.

English Clergyman

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

In the misfortunes of our best friends we always find something not altogether displeasing to us.

French Writer

Francis Bacon

Pictures and shapes are but secondary objects and please or displease only in the memory.

English Philosopher

Use 'displease' to express a mild form of unhappiness, not intense anger.

Negative Emotion

'Displease' works well in formal settings like professional emails or meetings.

Formal Context

Often used to talk about personal feelings rather than general opinions.

Subjective Feeling

Suggests a polite way of showing disapproval without being confrontational.

Subtle Disapproval

Can imply awareness that actions have negative effects on others’ feelings.

Consequence Awareness

Best used when referring to a negative reaction to a physical sense like smell or sound.

Sensory Context

While 'displease' indicates negativity, it is less extreme than 'disgust' or 'repulsion'.

Milder than Disgust

 and unfortunately, a few months ago he wrote an article that displeased people in the government. As a result, he was temporarily detained and he was illegally exiled out of the country. I represent Matt, and after dealing with the government, I was able to get legal acknowledgment

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 belief that most illness is caused by witchcraft or the spirits of displeased ancestors it is the job of the sangoma as a medium between the spirit world and our own to appease the ancestors or chase away the evil forces causing the

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 all of a sudden poses a threat to the mother. She almost takes the place of the mother, which obviously wouldn't really be tolerated. When she picks up her daughter's scent, the mother seems displeased.